Thyroid And Cabbage

[sproggie14]

We lost our Roger very suddenly recently and opted to have a post mortem done. The vet found that he had a thyroid problem, that his thyroid gland was hypoplastic. I asked the vet what could have caused it and she said it could be genetic but that there could be a link between eating a lot of cabbage and a thyroid problem. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of this? Thank you.

 

[Stewybus]

I've had thyroid problems myself but was never told to avoid cabbage. Seriously though, guinea pigs shouldn't be given too much cabbage anyway. The most mine get it half a big leaf between 3 or 4 of them & that's only when we have cabbage in for Sunday lunch so they will probably get some on Saturday & some more on Sunday or Monday. I went to NEGPR's 5th anniversary day last year & there was a very piggy knowledgeable vet there who gave a lecture on piggies thyroid problems & I can't really remember any emphasis on cabbage. I wish they'd given out notes on this lecture as it was very good but too quick to take everything in.

 

[Tbag]

Sorry for your loss, I can't blame you wanting to find out why. My little Cash had a thyroid related lump that we're still waiting to get a biopsy on for a full diagnosis. Nowhere along the treatment/diagnosis route did cabbage come up though and I have a very piggy savvy vet. However his thyroid issues were hyperplastic though as opposed to hypo. From a quick bit of reading seems like hypoplastic issues are a genetic thing rather than caused by other factors.
@jenniferanneharris also has a thyroid piggy and might be able to help shed some more light on this perhaps.